Question About Chatteling

Hello, just a few questions:

Is chatteling a good thing to get into if I don't have much money right now to purchase items. In other words, I'm sure it would be great if you could spend hundreds here and there and then wait to sell the items, but what if you don't?

Are there special strategies to use for this situation?

Will Gordon Alexander's program be helpful regarding this?

Thanks.

Yes, Gordon's program is excellent.

Good luck!

Sandi Bowman

[GordonJ]

Just like what Jim Straw teaches in his MILLIONAIRE course.

AND, you could even apply the FINDER's FEE strategy too.

In the Beginner's Guide to Chatteling I take people on an A to Z search of local...

BUYERS.

You've got them in your area. Every Sunday in your local paper, there are people paying for ads that say "BUYING".

The PHONE book has scores of BUYERS.

Couple that with the eBay strategy and craigslist.org and if you have a local FREECYCLE pub...you'll learn what people are paying for.

ONCE you know who's buying, then while you're out and about looking, you'll have a good idea of what to get...and you don't need to use your own money either, this is where the FINDER'S FEES comes in.

In Chattleing, like in most money making endeavors, a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.



Gordon

Griff,

Thanks for ASKing.

First, if you haven't read Gordon's Chattling Program, get it. Whatever question you have will most likely be answered in the book.

Second, is five cents a low enough amount of money to start with?

I FOUND five cents on the ground. Bought a book with it from a Charity store and sold it to a second hand book store. Took my profit and bought another book from a different charity store and sold it to a different second hand book store.

I did this as to Prove you could make money without your own money and start real small. I did it for Fun. And it was fun. Fun to walk into a book store and offer them one single book - a child's book, from recollection.

I wouldn't recommend this as a Path To Wealth - but - starting super small like that does Teach You Lessons

You can always Dumpster Dive to get free stuff to sell.

Michael Ross
www.hotsheets.info

You can always Dumpster Dive to get free stuff to sell.

So true...last week, I saw a man holding something high up in the air over the dumpster as I was in the alley of my husband's workplace dropping him off at work. I thought "I'm going to have to come back to this!" So I stopped & checked right then, but I also returned later. I found the computer that I am writing on as well as several other pieces of office equipment. This is a huge SERVER 'puter...very nice. Nothing was wrong with it AT ALL. I'm so happy about it. So, yes, a little looking never hurt anyone! Never know what you'll find.

I'm having a sale Saturday, so I also cruised around some today...I came home with:
- a wonderfully LARGE pool (with temperatures getting up there like they are, I don't think I'll have any trouble selling that!)
- an "extra-spiffy" Mongoose bike (complete with "pegs" for the boys - - we're keeping that one),
- a Toys R Us Train set (this thing is HUGE, & NEW in the box) with Buzz LightYear & the grinch
- a small black Baker's Rack

[i](~lol~ I feel like I should be posting this in the chatelling forum...whatever happened to that, btw?)

Next was the storage dumpster, I always find good stuff there, too. Always check those...Man, Pete & Gordon are going to say I should write a hotsheet on dumpster diving! ~lol!!~

With the sale Saturday, I'm just going out to gather what I can and see what's out there. Oh, I forgot today, I also got a hotwheels car that is actually a large organizing crate & toy at the same time...really nice, I can't believe these people throw this stuff out! It's just too nice to go into the landfill!!

So, yes, I'd recommend dumpster diving, too!

Before you get too enthusiastic about dumpster diving, might I suggest you check the local regulations? Around here it'd get you in big hot water since the people who provide the dumpster bins actually own anything that goes in them.

Same is true here for picking up items put out on the roadside unless it has a sign on it that says "free for the hauling" or some such or is in a box marked FREE.

Better safe than sorry so check it out, folks.

One other caution: there is a common affliction among 'dedicated' dumpster divers, especially among divers who dig in dumpsters with mixed items and garbage, and it's a very hard to cure, itchy, rash that occurs on the hands and arms. Don't know what it's official name is but this is just an FYI. I read about it in an article way back when.

Sandi Bowman

Good info Sandi,

Maybe Gordon can add a Creative chapter on “Dumpster Diving” in the next Edition of...

Fly Low and Collect the Dough...

Although there Are Better ways to Fly Low...

Gotta love Google and all those micro niche Keyword possibilities...

Some surprisingly interesting reading and ideas...

http://www.wikihow.com/Dumpster-Dive
http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2003/1/29/215523/088

Phil

Yes, that's the key to it, is if you can do it without getting either in trouble OR (I say) messy. I could do it in a white shirt & never get it dirty, but that's the way I am. I would *never* advocate getting into a smelly, messy dumpster...that's just gross. But if it's just sitting on the curb, and it's too good to let go into the dump, then grab it!

B